Editing Republic of Russia (section)

==== The Great Ural War ====
''See more: [[Great Ural War]]''

====== '''Russian Roulette''' ======
When [[Tatarstan]] suddenly started making major advances into the [[Union of Russia]] in 2071, RR would scramble to get his armies ready to join the invasion. As the Republican forces started advancing towards the Volga river the [[Union of Russia]] threatened to unleash the remainder of his nuclear arsenal in retaliation. RR, believing it a bluff, continued his advance whilst claiming the [[Union of Russia|Union]] wouldn't dare to do it since he has nukes too, - even though he doesn't. In a gamble that would have paid off, the Republic crossed the Volga river and captured Saratov and Kuznetsk, even starting to cross the wasteland, until a hydrogen bomb blew up Perm. RR, initially believing he messed up, RR tried to back down while he evacuated his other cities, but as he realized the [[Union of Russia|UR]] shared his confusion he instead struck a deal with them to call a truce on their border, with the new borders running roughly along the Volga. He then commisioned his spy agency to investigate the destruction of his capital, which had killed one million people. From that point onwards he elected a more agrarian, whilst still somewhat progressive, party to power, seeking to spread his population out more by staying more rural, in hopes of losing less people in the case of future nuclear strikes.

====== '''Fighting Bufferstates''' ======
In the following two years he pushed back [[Tatarstan]], conquered [[Bashkortostan]] relatively quickly, though taking twice as many casualties as [[Bashkortostan]] did, and he also annexed [[Kirov]]. The integration of Kirov however prompted an invasion from Idel-Ural which was pushed back in one and a half years. After this he negotiated a truce in 2075.